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Megan is a typical university student trying to figure out her place in the world, except instead of hoping to pass the bar or get into med school, she’s studying to become a licensed vengeance demon.

Nineteen-year-old Megan Aequitas is the only vengeance demon and trickster hybrid ever born. In a world where vengeance demons are respectable, rule-obsessed guardians of the Cosmic Balance, and tricksters are playful, happy-go-lucky perpetrators of chaos, being half and half is, well, tricky.

Determined to prove herself worthy of her vengeance blood, Megan enrolls in University of Demonic Studies’ prestigious co-op program. Wreaking karmic revenge on wrongdoers from cheaters to crooks sounds fun and simple, if it weren’t for the unsuspecting human roommate, Megan’s flamboyant trickster half-brothers, a changeling-raised fellow outcast, and a trio of evil wannabes. Then one assignment turns deadly when Megan discovers a plot to unleash an ancient force so authoritarian, most creatures would be deemed too unworthy to exist.

After a lifetime of being embarrassed by her trickster tendencies and striving to fit in vengeance society, Megan now has to learn to embrace both of her worlds if she wants to save them.

DNF’d at 41%

UGH. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I tried, and I failed. I couldn’t get myself to finish this book, and it wasn’t for any reason in particular, but I’ll still attempt to explain why it just didn’t work for me.

There were some funny bits, and also a few poignant bits. I actually really liked how the book started out, with Megan on a practice run, giving a serial cheater a case of labour pains (his wife was pregnant).

I liked the concept of vengeance demons as only part of the whole word of demons and other supernatural species. Vengeance demons weren’t cruel by nature; instead, they were supposedly obsessed with justice, fairness and order. Tricksters were chaotic pranksters, the complete opposite of vengeance demons. It was also cool that you had to go to university to take on certain professions, as you would in the human world.

However, I was bored. The plot was meandering, and scenes didn’t really seem to connect or flow in a fully developed way. The characters were fleetingly interesting, but I wasn’t invested in any of them. I think the most emotion I felt while reading was annoyance and disgust at the Council. It didn’t really make sense that this race of beings that lived for fairness could be so petty and unfair.

Also, this book is technically supposed to be partly Paranormal Romance, but by 41%, there was not even a glimpse of a romantic interest. According to another reviewer, the romance was quite light, so this Special Person was clearly not a big part of this book… Maybe in future books???

I wish it could have stuck with this, as I think the idea had a lot of potential, and I really did like the world. That being said, I found my mind wandering far too often, and I would often look down at the progress on my Kindle, sighing when I saw I’d only read another 2%. I decided it was better to just let it be before I got too frustrated.

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